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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Podalonia
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Podalonia - male
Copyright © 2006 Hartmut Wisch

Podalonia - Male
Rocky Peak Park, Santa Susana Mountains, Ventura County, California, USA
March 21, 2006
Size: 19 mm
Podalonia sp.?

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Podalonia - male Sphecid - Podalonia
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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 22 March, 2006 - 2:26pm

Indeed.
You are absolutely correct! This is a male. Males are easily mistaken for Ammophila at first glance. Great image.
… Eric R. Eaton, 22 March, 2006 - 2:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Speedy!
Thanks for confirming the genus, and noting the gender. I recalled your comment re. confusing male Podalonia with Ammophila, and this specimen looked more like Podalonia to me.

By the way, a bombyliid fly landed just about a foot from the wasp. I photographed the fly first, which soon took off, whereas the Podalonia scampered around the sandy ground for some time.

I am looking forward to using your book.
… Hartmut Wisch, 22 March, 2006 - 3:07pm login or register to post comments

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